Losing your home stadium ahead of the season may discourage a baseball team, but it only brought the UCLA Bruins closer and powered a College World Series run.

The No. 10-ranked UCLA baseball team continued its dominant stretch on Tuesday night, overwhelming Long Beach State 12-1 in a seven-inning run-rule victory at Jackie Robinson Stadium.

But Jackie Robinson Day, as currently observed by MLB, has none of that bite. As the league plainly states on its website, “Every year on April 15, Baseball honors Jackie's legacy by celebrating ...

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar surprised some fans by appearing at a Jackie Robinson Day tribute at Dodger Stadium in a wheelchair. The NBA’s second all-time leading scorer was shown arriving at the statue ...

On April 15, 1947, former Dodgers player Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color barrier when he made his historic MLB debut. In 1997, the MLB officially retired Robinson's jersey number.

For the 2025 season, the Dodgers are set to host the Colorado Rockies on Jackie Robinson Day, and they will both meet at the statue to continue the tradition. “It’s a great day.

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Los Angeles Dodgers and Washington Nationals team members arrive to celebrate Jackie Robinson Day before a game at Dodger Stadium on Monday, April 15, 2024.

All of Major League Baseball celebrated Jackie Robinson Day on Tuesday, April 15, as it was on this day that the former Dodgers’ trailblazer debuted and broke baseball’s color barrier in 1947.

LOS ANGELES — It has become a Jackie Robinson Day tradition at Dodger Stadium. The Dodgers players, coaches and staff surround the statue of Jackie Robinson in the center field plaza, joined by ...

The Bruins were coming off a 19-win season, the lowest win total under coach John Savage since 2005 (15-41, not including COVID year where they went 13-2 before the season shut down).